Cynthia Ozick Quotes

We often take things for granted Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

We often take things for granted

— Cynthia Ozick

I think about fanaticism – oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

I think about fanaticism – oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so

— Cynthia Ozick

Dedication to one’s work in the world is the only possible sanctifica-tion. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Dedication to one’s work in the world is the only possible sanctifica-tion.

— Cynthia Ozick

I was so mad at my agent. I had polished and polished Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

I was so mad at my agent. I had polished and polished

— Cynthia Ozick

… woman is frequently praised as the more “creative” sex. She does not Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

… woman is frequently praised as the more “creative” sex. She does not

— Cynthia Ozick

In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second

— Cynthia Ozick

What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped,

— Cynthia Ozick

Is there a word more passionate than passion? Obsession, total immersion, the Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Is there a word more passionate than passion? Obsession, total immersion, the

— Cynthia Ozick

Imagine an American Hans Christian Andersen, conceive of the Brothers Grimm living Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Imagine an American Hans Christian Andersen, conceive of the Brothers Grimm living

— Cynthia Ozick

When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren’t grabbed Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren’t grabbed

— Cynthia Ozick

The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society’s logic flagrantly carried Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society’s logic flagrantly carried

— Cynthia Ozick

To want to be what one can be is purpose in life. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.

— Cynthia Ozick

Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at

— Cynthia Ozick

It is true that money attracts; but much money repels. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

It is true that money attracts; but much money repels.

— Cynthia Ozick

The imagination has resources and intimations we don’t even know about. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

The imagination has resources and intimations we don’t even know about.

— Cynthia Ozick

The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.

— Cynthia Ozick

Time at length becomes justice. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Time at length becomes justice.

— Cynthia Ozick

We were born to die; we were born to endure, on the Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

We were born to die; we were born to endure, on the

— Cynthia Ozick

Life is that which – pressingly, persistently, unfailingly, imperially – interrupts. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Life is that which – pressingly, persistently, unfailingly, imperially – interrupts.

— Cynthia Ozick

No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to

— Cynthia Ozick

I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing.

— Cynthia Ozick

Above all, a book is a riverbank for the river of language. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Above all, a book is a riverbank for the river of language.

— Cynthia Ozick

Bohemia and all its works are vanished out of America; or, more Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Bohemia and all its works are vanished out of America; or, more

— Cynthia Ozick

An essay is a thing of the imagination. If there is information Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

An essay is a thing of the imagination. If there is information

— Cynthia Ozick

The art of fiction is freedom of will for your characters. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

The art of fiction is freedom of will for your characters.

— Cynthia Ozick

In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what

— Cynthia Ozick

One reason writers write is out of revenge. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

One reason writers write is out of revenge.

— Cynthia Ozick

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

— Cynthia Ozick

The butterfly lures us not only because he is beautiful, but because Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

The butterfly lures us not only because he is beautiful, but because

— Cynthia Ozick

The imagination is a species of knowledge, knowledge that can take the form of discovery. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

The imagination is a species of knowledge, knowledge that can take the form of discovery.

— Cynthia Ozick

I’m not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

I’m not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of

— Cynthia Ozick

To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.

— Cynthia Ozick

I measure my life in sentences pressed out, line by line, like Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

I measure my life in sentences pressed out, line by line, like

— Cynthia Ozick

Why do men carry guns and build prison camps, when the nurturing Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Why do men carry guns and build prison camps, when the nurturing

— Cynthia Ozick

In real life wishing, divorced from willing, is sterile and begets nothing. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

In real life wishing, divorced from willing, is sterile and begets nothing.

— Cynthia Ozick

One reason writers write is out of revenge. Life hurts; certain ideas Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

One reason writers write is out of revenge. Life hurts; certain ideas

— Cynthia Ozick

Travelers are fantasists, conjurers, seers – and what they finally discover is Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Travelers are fantasists, conjurers, seers – and what they finally discover is

— Cynthia Ozick

A writer is dreamed and transfigured into being by spells, wishes, goldfish, Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

A writer is dreamed and transfigured into being by spells, wishes, goldfish,

— Cynthia Ozick

Fiction does not invent out of a vacuum, but it invents; and Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Fiction does not invent out of a vacuum, but it invents; and

— Cynthia Ozick

Real apprenticeship is ultimately always to the self. Cynthia Ozick Picture Quote

Real apprenticeship is ultimately always to the self.

— Cynthia Ozick

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